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Henry Bunn moved the Lake house, a 1920s
Craftsman-style bungalow, to its new home on North College Street Wednesday.
The
next step is for David Williams Jr.’s firm, Williams Construction, to put the
house, which had to be cut in half for the move, back together.
Since
last fall, Capital Area Preservation has tried to find a way to save the house
which, until it was temporarily moved last month, stood in the footprint of
Patterson Hall, which is being constructed on Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary’s west campus.
A
number of possible sites for the house fell through before John C. Bosch Jr.
offered a lot behind his house.
CAP
President Gary Roth was also able to announce last week during a reception for
donors to the Lake house effort that it has been sold to Richard and Linda
Pukenos.
Those
donors include the seminary and the Town of Wake Forest. The seminary donated
$20,000 to the move, and the town pledged up to $20,000 in the cost of crews
and equipment for the move.
The
bungalow, with its distinctive details which echo traditional Japanese Shinto
architecture, is referred to as the Lake house because the family of I. Beverly
Lake Sr. lived there for few years, his son was born there and I. Beverly Lake
Jr. has clear memories of the house, some of which he shared during the
reception.
The
older Lake, a Wake Forest native, was a law professor at Wake Forest College, a
two-time candidate for governor and a justice on the North Carolina Supreme
Court. His son ended his distinguished career in law as the chief justice of
the court.
Lake
led the campaign to raise an additional $20,000 for the costs of the move. The
donations made it possible for CAP to sell the house at an affordable price in
keeping with its new neighborhood.
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